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The American Pain Society in 2006 published this guideline "Pain: Current Understanding of Assessment, Management, and Treatments". The guideline provides common assessment tools used to assess types of pain.

R. Norman Harden, MD leads this discussion of interdiscipinary pain management which may be the standard of care but is more targeted to specialists. He discusses the different roles of different disciplines, as well as the role of psychosocial and societal factors and CAM/Accupucture.

A quick drug and alcohol assessment tool for determining whether a patient may be currently abusing drugs or alcohol. It can be used to detect existing substance use problems prior to prescribing opioid therapy.

A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society published in 2007. This set of clinical guidelines discusses seven treatment options for patients with lower back pain, and includes flow charts for initial evaluation and management of low back pain, as well as several appendices describing treatment recommendation tools. This guideline is for primary care. Another guideline was issued in 2009 for specialty interventions in back pain.

This document, first published in 2004 and revised in July 2013, is a model policy for state medical boards to use in developing their guidelines for use of opioids in treating chronic pain. These Model Guidelines provide the FSMB's policy on proper treatment of pain and the use of opioids when necessary to manage pain.

This set of guidelines aims to improve care and safety in the opioid treatment of patients with chronic, non-cancer pain. Part I aids primary care physicians in treating patients whose acute pain has become chronic, monitoring opioid treatment, and tapering from opioids if necessary. Part II aids primary care physicians in treating patients whose daily morphine equivalent dose is higher than 120 mg. An FAQ also exists which offers answers to questions on many aspects of the documents.

This pain assessment tool is excellent for patients whose cognitive deficits are moderate to severe, or who have difficulty communicating verbally. The patient checks the circle next to the thermometer to indicate the intensity of current pain.
Used with permission of Keela Herr, PhD, RN, The University of Iowa, College of Nursing.

This group "was established to enhance pain research and promote collaboration among researchers across the many NIH Institutes and Centers that have programs and activities addressing pain." The website offers information on Clinical Trials, the NIH-wide Pain Interest Group Seminar Series, Pain Intensity Scales, an interactive textbook of pain and symptom research, and a feature to search the literature.

Official federal regulations concerning the use of controlled substances. The regulations address registration, prescription, and schedules of controlled substances, among other topics pertaining to controlled substances.

A clinical pain evaluation form for the use of physicians or other healthcare providers. The form will help to better understand the type of pain a patient is experiencing and how to best treat the pain.

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario offered an updated version of their “Assessment and Management of Pain” guidelines in 2007. The RNAO guidelines offer recommendations for patient practice related to pain assessment and management.

A written patient agreement for patients and physicians about to begin treatment with the use of controlled substances. The agreement includes patient and physician responsibilities, realistic expectations, and possible consequences if the agreement is broken.

State of Washington Department of Health website describes the law passed by this state that took effect in 2011 and 2012 to require commissions of several prescribing health professions to make rules on pain management and especially the safe use of narcotics in pain management. Links to the adopted rules for each health profession are found on this page.

This table provides a list of various pain and addiction treatment locators, to help you find a physician or treatment center in your area for referral. For each treatment locator, a website link and brief summary is provided, and information is included such as what treatment centers/counselors/specialists can be found.

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